Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2023-06-06

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jun 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
596 head
▲ 317 vs last sale 279▲ 102 vs year ago 494 · +20.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower in a light test. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower with Leans taking the larger loss. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to very good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,546120.031,85538
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,350126.291,7053thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,496112.181,67885
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,207103.791,253134
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03784.6387861
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,420152.342,1639thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,301134.901,7554thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,306189.672,477102
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,166174.002,02914
HeifersSelectAverage962150.841,4506thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,422190.252,706108
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,270175.932,23422

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,756125.04/cwt120.00–130.002,19618
Bulls——1,874133.95/cwt132.00–138.002,5104
Bulls——1,259107.84/cwt82.50–118.001,35814
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,000132.45/cwt126.00–138.001,3252
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,212106.47/cwt100.00–111.501,29089
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18091.98/cwt71.00–99.501,08532
SteersChoice—1,419190.65/cwt185.00–196.002,705100
Dairy SteersChoice—1,450161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,3351
Dairy SteersChoice—1,416151.26/cwt145.00–155.002,1428
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,301134.90/cwt130.00–139.001,7554
HeifersSelect—1,025127.68/cwt120.00–137.501,3093
HeifersChoice—1,247175.84/cwt170.00–180.002,1933
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,166174.00/cwt160.00–180.002,02914
SteersChoice—1,560197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,0731
SteersSelect and Choice—1,270175.93/cwt141.00–184.502,23422
CowsLean 85-90%—92670.92/cwt67.50–74.006577
SteersChoice—1,450183.57/cwt182.50–184.502,6627
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,285120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5421
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,383129.43/cwt122.00–137.501,7902
HeifersChoice—1,364199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,7145
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—898174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5633
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,262113.83/cwt112.00–118.001,43712
HeifersChoice—1,305189.61/cwt185.00–196.002,47494
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—995122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,2191
CowsLean 85-90%—99881.21/cwt75.00–85.0081029
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,504105.62/cwt95.00–109.501,58922
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,480114.16/cwt110.00–120.501,69061
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,885123.98/cwt122.50–125.502,3372
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11392.44/cwt87.00–103.501,02925

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.